Mommyheads released ‘Vulnerable Boy,’ playing NYC release party at Arlene’s...
by Bill Pearis DOWNLOAD: Mommyheads – Right Where They Should Be (MP3) ’90s era indie rock band Mommyheads reformed about four years and have managed an album every year since. Their most recent,...
View ArticleSouth Street Seaport flooded, looted; Lower East Side venues not likely to...
Front St. on Monday evening (via @iggsactly) Lower Manhattan got it pretty good by Sandy, South Street Seaport included. The area was under multiple feet of water. The Seaport Music Festival, who put...
View ArticleWhat’s going on Friday? (ELO, Infest, Adele, Robyn Hitchcock, King Diamond,...
photo: King Diamond at FFF 2014 (more by Tim Griffin) You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight’s shows, but here are some highlights… Jeff Lynne’s ELO @ Irving Plaza With the first...
View ArticleLES bars and partying ruining the neighborhood, study finds
Mercury Lounge, Pianos and other venues fall inside ‘Hell Square’ NYC’s Lower East Side, with its (over)abundance of bars and clubs has not the greatest reputation these days, with an earned reputation...
View ArticleNYC venues close temporarily, postpone shows amid coronavirus
Bonnie “Prince” Billy at Town Hall earlier this week (more by P Squared) UPDATE: Mayor de Blasio is ordering all NYC venues and nightclubs closed, to go into effect Tuesday morning (3/17) at 9 AM. Now...
View Articlesupport NYC venues while they’re closed during the coronavirus
Elsewhere earlier this year (more by P Squared) Music venues in NYC and beyond are temporarily closed to help stop the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, and like musicians and bands, who are...
View Articleover 1200 independent venues form NIVA coalition to help survive COVID-19...
Music venues across the country have been struggling to weather extended closures while the coronavirus pandemic continues; we recently learned that Allston’s Great Scott won’t be reopening once the...
View Article150+ NYC clubs form the NY Independent Venue Association to help survive...
Elsewhere (more by Ellen Qbertplaya) Over 150 NYC clubs have banded together to form the New York Independent Venue Association, which is affiliated with the National Independent Venue Association....
View ArticleArlene’s Grocery say they’ll close in February without help
Arlene’s Grocery in 1996 (via Arlene’s Grocery Facebook) Arlene’s Grocery celebrated its 25th anniversary this year. The Lower East Side fixture has seen everyone from Arcade Fire and The Strokes to...
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